The Glasgow 2014 judo star critically injured in a motorbike accident in Vietnam has woken from her coma and reached for her father’s hand.

Commonwealth medallist Stephanie Inglis, 27, has been in hospital since last month’s crash - but family and friends are heartened to see her respond for the first time.

When they arrived at her hospital bed on Tuesday, parents Robert and Alison found her with one eye open. Her mum asked Stephanie to blink if she could hear them and she did, before reaching out for dad’s hand.

Childhood friend and judo competitor Khalid Gehlan had set up a fundraising campaign to pay for Stephanie’s medical bills after her travel insurance was deemed invalid - more than 7,000 people have donated so far, to a total of more than £288,000.

Mr Gehlan said: “This is incredible. A girl who was written off for dead three weeks ago has now been given hope, her doctors are starting to whisper that there’s potential for a full recovery.”

He urged supporters to keep donating as Ms Inglis’ hospital stay amounts to £2,000 a day.

The judo star was travelling to work on a motorcycle taxi on May 12 when her skirt caught in the wheel and pulled her off the bike. She was travelling to work in Ha Long, where she was teaching English.

Doctors in Vietnam initially gave her a 1% chance of survival but she has since been transferred to hospital in Bangkok, where she will gradually be brought round from a medically-induced coma.